Reply #33: In a radio ad in 1996, Bill Clinton bragged about signing DOMA.

[AtomicKitten]

Ad Touts Clinton's Opposing Gay Marriage
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/15/us/ad-touts-clinton-s-opposing-gay-marriage.html

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Also regarding the claim that Pres Clinton was avoiding a constitutional amendment:

"Bill Clinton + DOMA = revisionism:"
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/4887/

4) Finally, there was no discussion at the time (1996) about a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage. DOMA was not crafted as a defense against further assault upon LGBT families by an increasingly hostile Republican Party. National discussion about amending the constitution came in 2003 after the Lawrence decision by the US Supreme Court and the Goodridge decision in Massachusetts and the news that Canada would recognize same-sex marriage. This was 7 years after Clinton signed DOMA.

In my research of NY Times articles I found the following:

"Excerpts from Platform Adopted by Republican National Convention" 8/13/1996:

Individual Rights and Personal Safety - "We endorse the Defense of Marriage Act to prevents states from being forced to recognize same-sex unions..."

Does it say anything about the need for a federal amendment?? NO. If this were the impending doom predicted by Clinton in 2008 (following years of amendments that now inform his defense of DOMA) there is no evidence to support that he was at all public about the possibility of further federal action against LGBT families.